1991 Seniors Tournament quarterfinal game 2. Three-way tie at zero.
Pat van Melle — a librarian from Homewood, Illinois
Dow Huskey — an investor from San Jose, California
Florence Cannizzo — a retired school principal from Clifton, New Jersey
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florence | $1,000 | $1,500 | $5,900 |
$0
$1,000 if eliminated |
$5,900
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Dow | $1,000 | $-300 | $2,100 |
$0
$1,000 if eliminated |
$3,500
15 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Pat | $800 | $1,900 | $5,900 |
$0
$1,000 if eliminated |
$5,900
16 R, 2 W |
| THE WWII HOME FRONT | THE NEW TESTAMENT | ART | THE EARTH | SPELLING |
|
$100
[5]
Time reported he auctioned his $75 violin, "Old Love in Bloom", for $1 million for the war effort
Jack Benny
Dow
|
$100
[16]
The angel Gabriel told her, "Blessed art thou among women"
Mary
Pat
|
$100
[1]
A school of 19th century U.S. landscape painters is named after this N.Y. river valley
the Hudson Valley
Florence
|
$100
[11]
By 1985 over 500 tourists a yr. were visiting this continent; by 1989 at least 4 firms were running tours
Antarctica
Florence
|
$100
[21]
A jointed puppet manipulated by strings or wires
M-A-R-I-O-N-E-T-T-E
Pat
|
|
$200
[7]
Major sporting events cancelled in 1940 included Wimbledon & this, slated for Helsinki
the Olympics
Dow
|
$200
[17]
This disciple was treasurer for Jesus' followers & stole money from the common purse
Judas (Iscariot)
Florence
|
$200
[2]
Albrecht Durer is known for his 1504 engraving of this pair with strategically placed leaves
Adam & Eve
Florence
|
$200
[12]
Though this city's smog was at a low in 1990 it still caused hazy skies at the Grand Canyon, 510 miles away
Los Angeles
Florence
|
$200
[22]
A lizard characterized by its ability to change color, or a changeable, inconstant person
C-H-A-M-E-L-E-O-N
Pat
|
|
$300
[8]
When her plane crashed on a defense bond tour, husband Clark Gable joined the search for the wreckage
Carole Lombard
Dow
|
$300
[18]
"Man shall not live by" this "alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God"
bread
Florence
|
$300
[3]
He studied the Jews of Amsterdam & included them in his works, like the etching of "Christ Preaching"
Rembrandt
Pat
|
$300
[13]
Over 30 times the oil dumped by the Exxon Valdez was released into this gulf in January 1991
the Persian Gulf
Dow
|
$300
[23]
Your collar bone's other name
C-L-A-V-I-C-L-E
Dow
Pat
|
|
$400
[9]
If' he'd been elected in 1944, this GOP nominee would have been the youngest president
Thomas Dewey
Florence
|
$400
[19]
When asked about Jesus he said, "I know not the man" and immediately the cock crew
Peter
Pat
|
$400
[4]
This Frenchman's "Olympia" was so vehemently attacked he had to leave France for a while
Édouard Manet
Dow
|
$400
[14]
1 of the "50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth" is not to do this while brushing your teeth
leave the water running
Dow
|
$400
[24]
This verb meaning to take someone aboard a ship by force is named for a city in China
S-H-A-N-G-H-A-I
|
|
$500
[10]
In 1940 the fall of Paris inspired this Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II song
"The Last Time I Saw Paris"
Dow
|
$500
[20]
The man in whose tomb Jesus was buried lived in this city
Arimathea
Pat
|
$500
[6]
Jacques-Louis David visited this man the day before he was murdered in his tub
Marat
Pat
|
DD
$1,400
[15]
N. America's biggest volcanic eruptions of the past million yrs. were in Wyoming & turned the rock this color
yellow
Dow
|
$500
[25]
The plant whose name is pronounced "impatience" is spelled this way
I-M-P-A-T-I-E-N-S
Pat
|
| THE WORLD PRESS | TEXTILES | CHICAGO | THE MIDDLE AGES | DRAMA | SENIOR ACHIEVERS |
|
$200
[16]
In Israel no newspapers are published on this day of the week
Saturday
Florence
|
$200
[7]
This man-made fiber was once called norun because it was thought to be ideal for use in stockings
nylon
Pat
|
$200
[2]
The water tower, completed in 1869, was 1 of the few structures to survive this 1871 event
the fire
Dow
|
$200
[1]
Abu Bakr, this man's father-in-law, became the first Muslim caliph in 632
Muhammad
Pat
|
$200
[17]
This Oscar Wilde work inspired such musicals as "Oh Ernest" & "Ernest in Love"
The Importance of Being Earnest
Florence
|
$200
[20]
He was 65 when he took to the road peddling his recipe for "finger-lickin' good" chicken
Colonel Sanders
Dow
|
|
$400
[23]
Founded in Boston in 1908, it's one of the few daily papers sponsored by a religious denomination
the Christian Science Monitor
Florence
|
$400
[8]
Hats are often made with this fabric of compressed animal hair fibers
felt
Dow
|
$400
[10]
You can visit the skydeck on the 103rd floor of this 110-story building
Sears Tower
Dow
|
$400
[3]
The Spanish captured this rock from the Moors in 1309, lost it in 1333 & recaptured it in 1462
Gibraltar
Florence
|
$400
[18]
His play "Saint Joan" opened in 1923, 3 years after Joan of Arc was canonized
George Bernard Shaw
Pat
|
$400
[21]
In May 1979 this 84-year-old conductor began his 50th & final season with the Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler
Florence
|
|
$600
[27]
It's Russian for "truth"
Pravda
Florence
|
$600
[9]
Named for its French inventor, this loom was the 1st machine capable of weaving figured patterns
Jacquard
Pat
|
$600
[11]
Members of the city council are called this, from Old English for "old man"
an aldermen
Florence
|
$600
[4]
The harsh Gov. Gessler supposedly forced him to shoot the apple from his son's head
William Tell
Florence
|
$600
[19]
The 2nd & last Pulitzer Prize Tennessee Williams won was for this "feline" drama
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Dow
|
$600
[25]
This industrialist remained chairman & chief executive of Occidental Petroleum until his death at 92
Armand Hammer
Dow
|
|
$800
[29]
Called the voice of France's upper middle class, this daily is named for the barber of Seville
Figaro
Pat
|
$800
[14]
It can be any material woven with metallic or simulated metallic yarns
lamé
Pat
|
$800
[12]
The city's Natural History Museum was founded by this dept. store owner in 1893
(Marshall) Field
Dow
|
$800
[5]
The eldest son of the French king was known by this title after the future Charles V got it in 1350
dauphin
Florence
Pat
|
$800
[22]
After his "Tartuffe" played before Louis XIV, it was promptly banned for three years
Moliere
Pat
|
$800
[26]
In October 1990 this 96-year-old choreographer premiered her 180th ballet "Maple Leaf Rag"
Martha Graham
Florence
Dow
|
|
$1,000
[30]
Leading newspapers published in this country include "Al Ahram" & "Al Akhbar"
Egypt
Dow
|
$1,000
[15]
The first textile firm to top $1 billion in annual sales is this one based in N.C., not Vermont
Burlington
Dow
|
$1,000
[13]
Located on Jackson at La Salle Street, it's the world's largest grain exchange
the (Chicago) Board of Trade
Dow
Pat
|
$1,000
[6]
The name of this English ruling house, supplanted by Lancaster, may mean "sprig of broom"
the Plantagenets
Dow
|
DD
$1,000
[24]
The last sound in this play is Nora Helmer's slamming of the downstairs door
A Doll's House
Florence
|
DD
$2,000
[28]
When he defended Leopold & Loeb in 1924, he was nearly 70
Clarence Darrow
Florence
|
1 of 2 state capitals that formerly served as capital of the U.S.
(1 of) Annapolis or Trenton